Threat Actor

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A Threat Actor is an agent that performs actions with the intent to cause harm to digital systems.



References

2024

  • (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_actor Retrieved:2024-2-22.
    • A threat actor, bad actor or malicious actor is either a person or a group of people that take part in an action that is intended to cause harm to the cyber realm including: computers, devices, systems, or networks. The term is typically used to describe individuals or groups that perform malicious acts against a person or an organization of any type or size. Threat actors engage in cyber related offenses to exploit open vulnerabilities and disrupt operations.[1] Threat actors have different educational backgrounds, skills, and resources.[2] The frequency and classification of cyber attacks changes rapidly. The background of threat actors helps dictate who they target, how they attack, and what information they seek. There are a number of threat actors including: cyber criminals, nation-state actors, ideologues, thrill seekers/trolls, insiders, and competitors. These threat actors all have distinct motivations, techniques, targets, and uses of stolen data. [3] See Advanced persistent threats for a list of identified threat actors.
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  3. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/CT400/CT490/RAND_CT490.pdf